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Costco Wholesale (COST) Change in Cash (2016 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Change in Cash history spans 18 years, with the latest figure at $1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • For Q1 2026, Change in Cash fell 19.53% year-over-year to $1.2 billion; the TTM value through Feb 2026 reached $5.0 billion, up 54.16%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $4.3 billion, 212.15% up from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash reached $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 per COST's latest filing, down from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Change in Cash ranged from a high of $3.3 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$7.9 billion in Q1 2024.
  • Average Change in Cash over 5 years is $272.5 million, with a median of $1.0 billion recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Change in Cash: soared 407.04% in 2023, then plummeted 474.46% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Change in Cash shows it stood at $653.0 million in 2022, then skyrocketed by 407.04% to $3.3 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 69.77% to $1.0 billion in 2024, then surged by 105.39% to $2.1 billion in 2025, then plummeted by 43.29% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for COST's Change in Cash are $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $2.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $325.0 million (Q3 2025).